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THE FARMER AND MECHANIC.
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GHOSTS, OR NO GHOSTS?
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,i Feb. 20. Plans have
uinched. and are now ful-
r .vay. for the third and best
.,rhool commencement for
.,oiil.- ever held in the county,
i .i. 'frosting program has been
:1 covering two days, March
Thursday, the day for gen-w.-i'Viz
of all schools, is a gen
t:mW, delivering of prizes in
; raiding, writing, reciting and
" ( ontesti-., the delivery of
.t ivml annual literary address,
be s?i en over to orations
in high grades, and high
. ;.N.. debate, on query "That
. up given right of suffrage."
, n.-ioH bids fair to be a grand
(blowing the splendid efforts
My Uncle Abner is a man of much
knowledge and many notions. And
his notions and knowledge have got
mixed in such a way as to render his
beliefs rather difficult for other
pie to appreciate.
I said to him one night: "Uncle
Ab, do you believe in ghosts?"
"Certainly, certainly," he replied.
"Don't you?"
"No I don't," said I.
"Now lool:-e here, young man," he
began, "that's what I call tiyin' in the
lace o j-roviuence. it's a straight up
and down, flat-footed denial of the
Scriptures; for the Bible speaks o'
ghosts in Genesis 49 and 33, Job 10
and 18, Jeremiah' 15 and 9, Hosea 6
and 3, Matthew 27 and 50, 11 and 20,
14 and 10 no less'n seven times.
"And Shakespearee, which is kind
of a week-day Bible, is as
gnosts as tne uaaerene was
spirits.
"Why, most
ghost. To my
is the gohst o
hope leaves a
DEMONSTRATORS
MEETftT HICKORY
Farm Improvement Experts of
West in Convention
March 1-4
govern!
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the
MORE AMERICANS
MM BE ARRESTER
Carranza Charges I hat Others
Have Been Active in Stin-
Strife
full o'
of evil
' l int; made, by the one hundred
ir..t teachers of this county, who
i. i ir heroic worn aiong mis line,
vcrl: is thoroughly organized.
untold amount ot good is be-
,, for the development of boys
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every thing has a
notion the moonshine
the dead day. Even
ghost when it dies.
When two fellows with motor cars
are going to see a girl, and a fellow
with a mule puts in, the people o' the
community say, 'That follow with
the long-ears ain't got a ghost of a
chance.' That means not only hope is
dead but even the ghost o' hope is
against him."
"That all sounds well enough," 1
Temperance Promoted By
Three Tar Heel Secretaries
o f The Navy
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find it my
following
plain duty to
recommenda-
u general order be
t. in substance as follows:
in.! after July 1, 1914. the
? introduction, for drinking
.-t s. f alcoholic liquors on
.my naval vessel, or within
iavy yard or station, is
.ly prohiibtd. and command
c !i;'.mn will be. held respon-
for the enforcement of this
si
That Article 827, Naval
Hons, 1113, be revoked or
r ".i in accordance with the
r:. t specified above.
' i: probable that upon certain
! .ti occasions international
cj..'i'-i might render it advisable to
tr..( ..r.triiy modify such a regulation:
tins roMld readily be done by De
I'.irfi .-jtal order. At the same time,
eti.'f- Might be made to obtain an
ct
v.h,.
M'Tuition for the entertainment
ur foreign guests in a manner
i would avoid the possible ap-
c ot criticising their own cus
ih.l regulations."
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rttLUKU UA Hbn NG
OF ROBESON TEACHERS
T- trton, Feb. 20. The largest
tat! it -ring of school teachers ever held
l" the county assembled here today.
v: hundred and forty out of one
hu: .-hod and forty-eight teachers in
tin onnty were present. There were
a. many visitors present, including
'i n. teachers in the county.
!' meeting was in every way the
rt . ' M.ccessful yet held. By unani
.., . ote it was decided to hold '"an
i-Ju . a-nnal rally here April ninth, at
lime it is intended to have
'chool in the county present.
t Lumborton occurred today
1 -iic o'clock, when the safe in
IMiaul's office over the Pope
- -tru was robbed wrhile he was
)' -nT. He left the outer door of
fc unlocked. After an absence
'r? v'-fivp. miniitfu V rtiirnAfl tn
e inside of the safe wrecked
K i'ers scattered over the floor.
t rod five feet long had been
5 for breaking inside compart
. which were ruined. There was
"iiey in the safe, but a large
'tbook containing several notes
I'tluT important papers were
Tonight no clue had been ob-
i as to the guilty party.
Wesley McCallum, colored,
nenr Rowland, was arrested
Uy and broucht here to iail
sith shoting and killing his
'Va-sday afternoon. He claims
''it shootinp. whlrh win done
shotgun, was accidental, but
who lived two and a half
titer being shot, declared that
N'i- t her on purpose while they
'T.g.xgPd in quarreling.
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' a.s an old clock, which is in
' 'stoi.e case, with dots for the
i:s 'tni r.o numerals. The case
about 14 inches high. The
v peculiar, having double
M"iaei,t with a .straight verge and
Kd fork, a heavy marine bal--rul
will run in any position. It
p than a century old.
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son
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M. Camden, a turfman of
and a candidate for Gov-
-itertalned 40.000 guests at a
at his linnif Tlir wpre
w-trej sheep and 75 beeves.
protested. "But it don't make me be
lieve in ghosts."
"How come it don't?"
"Because T ain't never seen one."
"You believe a lot of things you
ain't never seen. You aint never seer
the wind, nor a current of lectricity,
and maybe not the girl you're going
to marry, nor your own brains. Yet
you believe all these things exist
though in the latter case you may be
mistaken."
And Jerry Slopped Preaching.
"Ghosts, when examined," I con
tended, "generally turn out like the
one that rode Jerry Cox through the
slough. One pitch-dark night Cicero
Dinkin was crossing a fot-log over a
slough down by the river. Just as
he started across he heard Jerry Cox,
who was a preacher, coming down to
ward the slough from the other way
preaching as he came. Near the mid
dle of the slough, and close to the
foot-log, stood a large gum. When
Cicero got to this gum he stepped off
behind it and waited for Jerry. And,
just as the latter passed the gum Cic
ero struck him across the back with a
small walkin-cane. Jerry yelled, 'Hell
and damn-nation' and lit about twenty
feet out into the slough. lie never
stopped running until he got home,
where he told his old lady that a
erhost had rode him through the
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slough."
"All trades have their tricks." com
mented Uncle Abner; "and that was
a trick on the trade of ghosts.
"But if ghosts aint ghosts," he con
tinued, "what makes you walk so
hasty and light-footed when passing
a place ghosts are likely to be seen?
Yes and if a cricket was to chirp on
such an occasion when you got home
you'd say you heard a lion roar down
the road. I expect you're kinder like
the atheist wrho contended there
wern't no hell, yet kept praying a lit
tle on the sly in fear there might be
after all. Yes, sir, ee, when in good
company and the sun is shining some
fellows can talk mighty brave 'bout
not believing in ghosts. But when
passing a graveyard on a dark night
it's rather hard to tell the disbeliev
ers from the believers.
"Yes indeed, ghosts are not only
ghosts, but they have so much of a
personality some of the characteris
tics are down in the records, and dogs
can even run their tracks. Most any
old hunter will tell you that on cer
tain times of the moon it aint hardly
worth while going into tne woous at
night, dogs run ghosts so bad.
"And I can prove to you by a dozen
men in this community, men who are
members of the church and who aint
never been in jail for retailin', that
one fall all the dogs in this settle
ment like to have run themselves to
death running ghosts. In a great big
pack here they'd go just hard as they
could clip it, straight from one grave
yard to another, then up and down
the road nearly all night long.
"Yet you contend there aint no
ghosts? Next you'll be contending
you aint had no parents, but like a
pumDkin, just growed.
"Well, just you keep on contending.
and keep on travelin' by day and oy
night and sooner or later your sins
will find you out. Yes, the ghosts are
going to make it so warm for you for
denyin them that you'll about wish
your grandmother had never been
born.
"To my notion, 'bout the only apol
ogy a good many people have for livin'
is the hope of leavin a tolerably hon
est ghost behind them.
"In truth, a good healthy ghost is
a valuable asset to any slow going
community: It makes life interesting.
And it occasionally makes people let
out more activity than they thought
they had on hands."
Then I asked him if he thought it
would rain the next day; and he said
to his notion it might, and it might
not.
!v -'ifci to -The Neva
Hickory, Feb. 20. The
farm demonstration agents for
western district of North Carolina.
which includes Guilford county and
all counties west of that county to the
Tennessee line, will Yiold a district
meeting here March 1 to 4. inclusive.
Mr. K. S. Millsaps of Statesville, was
here this week perfecting arrange
ments for the holding of the meeting.
The headquarters of the agents will
be held in the chamber of commerce
rooms.
The first meeting on Monday night,
March 1, will be an informal one.
Severe! speeches, including an address
of welcome, will be made, and the
meeting will not be devoted so much
to farming. During the progress of
the sessions demonstrations of the use.
of the anti-hog cholera serum will be
given by competent persons and prom
inent speakers are on the program
which win De nigniy instructive to any
farmer attending.
The county agents of farm demon
strauon now at work m the western
district and who will probablv all be
present at the meeting are E. II. An
derson, Guilford; F. S. Walker, Rock
ingham; Bruce Anderson, Forsyth; J.
C. Dobbins, Yadkin; Wm. I. Holt.
Stokes; G. M. Goforth, Caldwell; W
R. Bailey. McDowell: J. B. Steele. Da
vidson; E. L,. Perkins, Henderson; W.
B. Crumpton, Rowan; A. L. Siler, Ma
con; R. W. Graeber, Mecklenburg; A.
G. Hendren, Wilkes; II. KL Foster, Ca-
tawoa; R. M. Gidney, Cleveland; J.
W. Johnson, Surry; G. K. Dull, Ire
dell; B. P. Folk, Gaston; R. D. Good
man, Cabarrus; F. K. Patton, Yancey;
J. R. Sams, Madison; F. D. Bowc'.itch.
Mitchell; Trios. L. Brown, Haywood;
K. D. Weaver, Buncombe.
These men in 1914 worked a total
Ios Ar.gelt-s. Cal
dictment of Harry
aire son-in-law t.i
ray Otis. own-r
Feb. 20 -Chandier.
General
of the Los
-The in-milliiMi-
Harrison
Angeles
Times, on the eharr of b:ivtiir mi.
couraged a revolutionary movement
against Lower California. brought
statements todav from acents of -
nustiano Carrana. the Constitution
alist leader in Mexico, that promi
nent men in various parts; of the Uni
ted States probably would be arrested
on similar charges.
The indictment of Chandler. Walter
Bowker. manager of a great ranch oi
the, California-Mexican border. ana
five other persons by a federal grand
jury, was only the beginning of tin
results of an investigation by the Uni
ted States government, it was asserted
by Department of Justice agents.
The grand jury here, it was stated,
would continue its investigation of an
alleged plot to set up a new govern
ment in lower California, working on
information secured by six govern
ment agents who have been here sev
eral weeks. This information was
first pointed out by agents of General
Carranza. whose representative here.
Roberto . Pesquiera, said it was con
clusive in showing that the alleged
conspiracy was Nation -wide and had
for its object not only the overthrow
of present authorities in lower Cali
fornia, but the overthrow of Carranza
throughout Mexico and setting up
some other Mexican leader more
amenable to the wishes of Americans
who are heavily interested in the
Southern republic.
of 6.73:1 days, made 19,979 visits to
farmers, traveled by team 69,087
miles, by rail 2 3,101 miles, visited 5 CO
schools, talked to 20,158 school child
ren, held 49! 't public meetings, speak
ing to 31.3S4 farmers and wrote 9,153
letters.
E. S. Millsaps, the district agent,
received during 1914 2,539 letters,
forwarded 3,037 letters, made S6 vis
its to agents, traveled by rail 13,647
miles, traveled by team 1,157 miles,
held 70 public meetings spoke to 9,8 32
persons.
These figures represent merely the
physical work of the men engaged in
farm demonstration work in the west
ern district. According to Mr. Mill
saps, the results obtained are too big
for a short report and that during
the seven years of demonstration work
in the State the results have amounted
to almost a revolution in agriculture.
He says the yield of corn has in
creased more than 20,000,000 bushels
wheat over 2,000,000 bushels, and cot
ton more than 500,000 bales. All oth
er crops have increased in the same
proportion.
He goes on further to sayr that when
this work was started a farm house
screened from flies was an exception
now the unscreened house is the ex
ception. At the beginning of the work
only a few counties were doing im
proved road work now it is a mighty
poor county that is not doing some
good road work.
The change in school work has been
remarkable and along every line of
rural improvement the farm demon
strators have been active promoters.
Perhaps every creamery in the State
has started since this work began.
Mr. Millsaps is very enthusiastic
over the work. He says that although
the agricultural awakening has been
marvelous, it is really just beginning
and that when the State has an even
one hundred demonstrators still great
er results will be accomplished.
DELAWARE ROBBER
BACK IN THE TOILS
AFTER LONG CHASE
(Special to The e v. anc. Ohscrer.)
Kinston, Feb. 20.: "Catch me if
"ou can," was the message Cornelius
the attorney
Dover about
"could." In
home of on
in Delaware.
Street, in Chicago, sent
general of Delaware at
six weeks ago.
The attorney general
1913. Street robbed the
of the wealthy Duponts
He was sentenced to ten years. On
the night of November ninth, while
convicts at the State penitentiary
were in chapel, he slipped out of
place and wrent to the work shops,
climbed into the dome of the four
story building and burned a hole
through the metal roof with a blow
torch. Then he let himself down the.
entire distance of about eighty feet
with a rope. Free, he immediately
burglarized the home of another Do
pont. Then he traveled over many
States, and thought he had thrown
his pursuers off the track.
Street, who is an adept second
story man, spent a few days pros
pecting in this section recently. De
tective David Wardle walked into him
on a Norfolk Southern train. War
die's long quest was ended.
Street arrived back in Delaware
penitentiary today.
HONEYMOON' A LA HOBO.
Sweden in 1912 produced glassware
valued at 3.312,n2P.
CANAIi NEARJLY DREDGED.
Taylor's Creek Waterway Will Soon
Be Finished.
(Special to The Nai sno Obserrer.)
New Bern, Feb. 20. United States
Engineer H. T. Paterson has recently
been down to Beaufort to look over
the work of dredging Taylor's Creek
which is now in progress in that sec
tion. This work is being done oy tne
Sun Dredging and Construction Com
pany, of Philadelphia, Pa., and they
are making such rapid progress in it
tiiat it is hoped the canal will be in
readiness for opening by April 10th.
The opening up of this canal will
prove of real advantage and worth
to Beaufort at it will give the inhab
itants of the section east of there a
better water route by which to reach
the town. Heretofore they have been
compelled to use a very exposed and
at times dangerous route to get to
Beaufort. When the work of dredg-
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ing tne creeK nas ueeu comyieicu
the dredges will be brought back to
Beaufort harbor and conclude the
work of filling in Front street which
will be graded and shelled, making
it. one of the prettiest streets to be
found in that county.
Tramp in Fight Defending His Bride.
Dressed as a Bo.
(Ashtabula (Ohio) Dispatch to New
York Herald.)
The police took William Burn, 21
years old, and his bride, 20 year
old, from the blind baggage of an ex
press train on which the girl, dressed
as a man, was trying to get back to
Niagara Falls from Cleveland, where
they had gone "broke."
The discovery was due to a fight in
which Burn engaged three tramps on
the train in an effort to protect hi
bride from them. Police saw the bat
tle and dragged the Quintet from the
train at the New York Central station
here.
The couple were married three
weeks ago in Niagara Falls, their
home. Burn had $34, but no work.
They went to Erie. Pa., where he
spent his money seeking work in vain.
Then the girl pawned her jewelry for
money to go to Cleveland, where Burn
again sought work, but failed
Burn, desperate, traded his over
coat for a pair of trousers, cut his
bride's hair, dressed her in the trou
sers, and they boarded a fast train
bound for Buffalo. Ashtabula citizens
raised enough money to send them
home.
The inmates of the Hamburg pris
ons, of their own motion, let the pris
on authorities know that they were
willing to give up pait of their wage?
for the benefit of the Red Cross and
other relief associations. At the same
time they gave out of their payment
for work done in -tne prison rrom &
to SO marks each.
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